Heptylparaben

Heptylparaben is a preservative permitted in the United States for beer, some wines and non-carbonated soft drinks. The European Union removed the propyl paraben from food use in 2006 and has never listed this one.

Where it is and isn’t permitted

Status of Heptylparaben by jurisdiction. Every jurisdiction this site covers is listed, including those where the substance does not appear.
JurisdictionStatusScope and limitsCitation
United StatesFood and Drug AdministrationPermitted, with conditions21 CFR 172.145retrieved 2026-09-07
Codex AlimentariusCodex Alimentarius Commission / JECFANot listedDoes not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited.

What it is made from

Made by reacting para-hydroxybenzoic acid with heptanol.

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  • Vegetarian
InChIKey
ZTJORNVITHUQJA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
PubChem
CID 14138

Every name it appears under

27 recorded names. A label may use any of them.

CAS registry number

  • 1085-12-7

As it appears in regulation

  • Heptylparaben

Other names

  • 4-Hydroxy-benzoic Acid Heptyl Ester
  • 4-Hydroxybenzoic Acid Heptyl Ester
  • 4-Hydroxybenzoic acid-n-heptyl ester
  • Benzoic acid, 4-hydroxy-, heptyl ester
  • Benzoic acid, 4-hydroxy-, n-heptyl ester
  • BENZOIC ACID, p-HYDROXY-, HEPTYL ESTER
  • BRN 2726540
  • EcoStat HP
  • Heptyl 4-hydroxybenzoate
  • Heptyl 4-hydroxybenzoate, AldrichCPR
  • Heptyl p-hydroxy benzoate
  • Heptyl p-hydroxybenzoate
  • Heptyl paraben
  • Heptyl4-hydroxybenzoate
  • HEPTYLHYDROXYBENZOATE
  • Heptylparaben
  • K2CIJ448IX
  • n-Heptyl 4-hydroxybenzoate
  • n-Heptyl p-hydroxybenzoate
  • n-Heptyl paraben; Heptyl parahydroxybenzoate
  • n-heptyl-p-hydroxybenzoate
  • Nipaheptyl
  • p-Hydroxybenzoic acid heptyl ester
  • p-Oxybenzoesaureheptylester
  • Staypro WS 7

Hazard reference values

No reference value for this substance in the sources we hold.

Evidence and how bodies read it

Studies, and the differing conclusions regulators drew from them, are curated by hand rather than machine-read, and none has been written for this substance yet.

Sources for this page

  • ecfr retrieved 2026-09-07

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